We work with King’s innovators to maximise the impact of their discoveries by:

• Protecting IP
• Striking licensing deals with industry
• Supporting founders to spin out companies with private equity investments. 

We champion a diverse portfolio of breakthrough technologies and innovations from across all King’s faculties and institutes, including:

• Healthcare (including diagnostics, therapeutics and medical devices)
• Physical sciences (IT, telecommunications and robotics)
• Social sciences, arts and humanities

In 2019, we won the PLG ‘Licensing Deal of the Year’ award for a licence to Merck, described by the Financial Times as ‘the most valuable [deal] achieved by a British university for a specific drug development programme’.

We work side-by-side with the Translational Research Office and Industry Partnerships Office to offer specialist advice to King’s researchers that extends across all faculties and disciplines.

We support King's researchers by: 

• Assessing intellectual property rights associated with potential inventions and discoveries
• Intellectual property and commercialisation strategy
• Marketing King’s technologies to potential partners
• Deal negotiation and all transactions for licences or spinout investments

We are responsible for all commercial transactions, including spinouts negotiations:

• We lead on discussions with potential investors
• Drive forward marketing interactions
• Prepare heads of terms and term sheets
• For founder-led spinouts, discussions are driven by the founding team with potential investors, with advice from our innovation experts.

Our work with industry centres on promoting King’s IP assets by:

• Going out to market with IP opportunities for external companies
• Negotiating for collaboration and/or licensing deals
• Managing all commercial transaction activity

Please email innovation@kcl.ac.uk to be connected to the best IP & Licensing contact at King’s. 

Director of King's Innovation Catalyst

Dr Mike Shaw

Mike leads the King's Innovation Catalyst department, and directly manages the IP & Licensing Team. He has responsibility for all aspects of management of the King’s IP and commercialisation activities, including the development of new spinout company opportunities and post-deal management.

Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 6793

IP & Licensing Managers 

Monique Liddar & Rachel Davies (IP & Innovation Executives)

Areas of responsibility:

• Faculty of Arts & Humanities, King’s Business School, Dickson Poon School of Law and Faculty of Social Sciences & Public Policy

Email: SHAPEinnovation@kcl.ac.uk

Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences

Dr Ian Durrant (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility:

• Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Science: Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology; Host-Microbiome Interactions; Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences; Dental Education

Email: ian.1.durrant@kcl.ac.uk

Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care

Nathalie John (IP & Licensing Manager)

Email: nathalie.john@kcl.ac.uk

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

Dr Claudia Chisari (Commercialisation Manager)

Areas of responsibility:

• Across the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (in particular AI, Data and Mental Health)

Email: claudia.chisari@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Lorenza Grechy (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility:

• Division of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroimaging

Email: lorenza.grechy@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Salma Ishaq (Marketing & Licensing Manager)

Area of responsibility:

• Division of Neuroscience: Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases (WCARD)

Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 3198

Email: salma.ishaq@kcl.ac.uk

Nathalie John (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility:

• Academic Psychiatry; Psychology & Systems Sciences; Neuroscience (all Departments excluding Neuroimaging & Wolfson Centre for Age-related Diseases)

Email: nathalie.john@kcl.ac.uk

Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

Ana Carina Araujo (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility

• School of Basic & Medical Biosciences: Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics

• School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences: Department of Imaging Chemistry & Biology; Department of Perinatal Imaging & Health

• London Institute for Healthcare Engineering; Doctoral Training in Smart Medical Imaging; Developing Brain; London Medical Imaging and AI Centre for Value Based Healthcare; Medical Engineering; PET Centre.

Email: aaraujo@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Ian Durrant (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility:

• School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences: Institute of Pharmaceutical Science; Department of Analytical, Environmental & Forensic Sciences; Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

Email: ian.1.durrant@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Lorenza Grechy (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility:

• School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences: Department of Biomedical Engineering; Department of Cancer Imaging; Department of Cardiovascular Imaging

• Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences: Department of Physics

• London Institute for Healthcare Engineering; Doctoral Training in Smart Medical Imaging; Developing Brain; London Medical Imaging and AI Centre for Value Based Healthcare; Medical Engineering; PET Centre

Email: lorenza.grechy@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Salma Ishaq (Marketing & Licensing Manager)

Area of responsibility:

• School of Basic & Medical Biosciences: Centre for Gene Therapy & Regenerative Medicine; Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics; St. John's Institute of Dermatology

• School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences: Cardiac, Vascular & Cardiometabolic.

• School of Life Course & Population Sciences: Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology

Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 3198

Email: salma.ishaq@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Melissa Rubock (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility

• School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences: Comprehensive Cancer Centre

• School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences: Diabetes & Obesity

• School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences: Infectious Diseases; Inflammation Biology; Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology

• School of Life Course & Population Sciences: Nutritional Sciences; Women & Children's Health Section of Ophthalmology

Tel: +44(0)20 7848 8128

Email: melissa.rubock@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Pushkar Wadke (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility:

• School of Basic & Medical Biosciences: Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences

• School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences: Department of Surgical & Intervention Engineering

• London Institute for Healthcare Engineering; Doctoral Training in Smart Medical Imaging; Developing Brain; London Medical Imaging and AI Centre for Value Based Healthcare; Medical Engineering; PET Centre

• School of Life Course & Population Sciences: Department of Population Health Sciences

Email: pushkar.wadke@kcl.ac.uk

Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences

Ana Carina Araujo (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility

• Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences: Department of Mathematics

Email: aaraujo@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Lorenza Grechy (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility:

• Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences: Department of Physics

Email: lorenza.grechy@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Salma Ishaq (Marketing & Licensing Manager)

Area of responsibility:

• Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences: Department of Chemistry

Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 3198

Email: salma.ishaq@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Pushkar Wadke (IP & Licensing Manager)

Areas of responsibility:

• Department of Engineering

• Department of Informatics

Email: pushkar.wadke@kcl.ac.uk

IP Administration Support

Rachel Davies

• IP & Innovation Executive supporting Ana Carina Araujo, Pushkar Wadke and Lorenza Grechy

Rachel is responsible for the administration of the King's intellectual property portfolio.

This includes the provision of paralegal support to Ana Carina Araujo, Pushkar Wadke and Lorenza Grechy and the development and maintenance of related database records and reports.

Email: rachel.e.davies@kcl.ac.uk 

Monique Liddar

• IP & Innovation Executive supporting Salma Ishaq and Nathalie John

Monique is responsible for the administration of the King's intellectual property portfolio. This includes the provision of paralegal support to Salma Ishaq and Nathalie John and the development and maintenance of related database records and reports.

Email: monique.liddar@kcl.ac.uk

Janet Urand

• IP Administration Manager supporting Melissa Rubock and Ian Durrant

Janet is responsible for the administration of the King's intellectual property portfolio. This includes the provision of paralegal support to Melissa Rubock and Ian Durrant and the development and maintenance of related database records and reports.

Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 8099

Email: janet.urand@kcl.ac.uk

Finance and administration

Henry Bhar – Finance and Team Administrator

Henry is responsible for the financial administration of the King's intellectual property portfolio as well as providing general support to innovation management activities of the Innovation@King’s Team.

Email: henry.bhar@kcl.ac.uk

Marketing

Dr Amalya Cohen – Specialist Marketing and Engagement Manager

Amalya manages Innovation@King’s digital marketing presence and channels, sharing innovation news and opportunities for King’s researchers and industry.

Email: amalya.cohen@kcl.ac.uk